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A surprise for sure. I wonder what her role will be? Fill in at 11 could be fun.

First day, first impressions: I think it looks rather modern and an evolution of their prior set. They definitely are moving more towards more stand-up locations than they ever had before. New weather center looks massive. Two different touch-screens will be interesting, as it seems they stopped using it on the old set (at least the shows I caught). Also curious if the "office windows" that have the blue 6abc logos will be weather-aware. (The logo is showing rain...) Everything seems to be high-resolution LED, with exception of a couple screens in the weather center. I think their weather graphics need a little tuning, and may look better over time. I wonder if the "skyline" graphics "behind" the various screens are also LED - different view day/night so far, but if they can use more than two or three set daypart views, that could also be a nice touch. (Of course, they could have done this with their old set and didn't... so I won't get my hopes up.) Wonder why they still have traffic on the chromakey, rather than just use one of the many screens (could be a resolution issue for sure...)

The "final remix" sounds great, but I do wonder how much of that is 2024 post-production capabilities... But to your point, so what, it does sound great (and better than the "bootleg" theme). So the question remains: will it debut (in parts) with the new set (no.).

She apparently started 8/16 Source:

https://www.inquirer.com/arts/action-news-6abc-theme-patriotism-20240630.html Fun article on the theme music, and how locals view it. They had to go through a process to restore the original sheet music. Apparently there will be a special later this summer to cover the attempt at updating the theme to the orchestra version.

It seemed like right after the crash, they stopped using it; but I seem to recall them using it around the Lansdowne house fire/police shooting. I think it was mentioned on the graphics thread that "Action Cam" seems to be retired. Fun to check in on the graphics updates - traffic for example they have updated to the new look.

And to be fair, day one on a package - so maybe it will "return" Overall, it does feel like an evolution of the most recent package.

Much like the X/Twitter handles and the AccuWeather swipe with the meteorologists, it does not appear to be a part of the package.

Totally understand why it is there, and during weather segments, makes perfect sense. Just seems like they could have anything else. A gallery of news vans. A selection of Sky6 views. A museum portrait of Jim Gardner. I made the powerpoint comment, I guess I spend too much time trying to fill space and make interesting slides... The ticker hasn't changed. (Yet?)

Definitely felt familiar, but I like the updates so far. Time & temp look much better than the old alignment, in my opinion. No more Twitter/X handles for talent ID -- was amused how fast those would transition in the prior layout. Perhaps because I have been working on many lately, got a strong powerpoint transition/build slide feeling at times, but again even that feels familiar. I wonder if they will update some of the soft-elements on the set such as the AccuWeather logotype and some of the other LED ticker elements. Of course, the weather set always has the left-edge as a static-thermometer graphic, even when used for news, always found that odd.

So the Big Story so far is... the opening looked like the short-version from Sunday morning (no fancy live weather, etc.) Did have the usual spoken talent intro, however.

Conspiracy: they did that on purpose during high parade viewership, hoping it would go unnoticed.

Did Ducis build that Sports Center set himself? Shocked it still exists...

https://6abc.com/6abc-hall-of-fame-lisa-thomas-laury-dave-roberts-walter-liss/13559168/ WPVI now has its own Hall of Fame at the station.

I was curious if the upcoming summer intro change could be it... The news at 10 uses a title card and different time/temp bug, wouldn't seem like a huge requirement. Will there be different rules for the CW17 era? Perhaps.

Another year... No change. Just sayin....

And per Twitter, Rick Williams will take over.

So guessing the O&Os getting a uniform gfx package is, if not dead, delayed... 'PVI has played with the flat look before even the current in-house look debuted. Usually the weather team updates ahead of time - and that too still reflects the general look. Fall brought usual update to the Delaware valley's leading news program intros... and the 2017 look is alive and well.

Part 26,626 of "does the theme song matter?" A remix was played as part of warm-ups to the Flyers/Blue Jackets game on Tuesday, 2/18... It was noticed on Twitter and more. Other coverage: https://www.inquirer.com/flyers/flyers-6abc-action-news-theme-song-jim-gardner-move-closer-to-your-world-20200219.html I guess that is one way to get some free coverage outside the sports block...

I've noticed the "Tonight on 6ABC promos" and similar have had female VOs... Was almost expecting (at least some) of the Fall opens to possibly go that direction. (I would think they would leave the 6 and 11 untouched for now...)

Monica Malpass just announced she is leaving, Rick doing a retrospective...

And that, in this case is other stations, plural - must have a fantastic agent...

So I know the tweet said 5 days... Anyone expecting a beta over the weekend?

Looks like definite new branding around the Weather-/AccuWeather-/Storm-/LiveDoplerSixDoubleScan3DUltraVioletInfraRedActionSkyLiveCamFAALicensedDrone.... Center. And I wonder if the Big Board is still a thing. Or is it now a Bigger Board? It often seemed like they tried to find a reason to "touch it"...

Inside Story was one I knew was done there, but yeah - basic. I think they have a few more... If anything, with WPVI, it might as well be tradition as the reason; even though the building is not yet a decade old... We can begin all sorts of speculation, though... --Will there be a new kids table for the 4 PM and weekday 10 PM news? --Will there be a temp kids table for those newscasts? --Will the Big Board remain, be upgraded, or sent to the same farm upstate with Mr. Six? --(Chromakey has returned in the temp space), and; --Big Board was absent Saturday night, but who knows if that will also get moved --And wait, was the Crystal City sent upstate too? --Several new skyline towers have been built/under construction/planned, but they added to it before --Of course, the tallest building is the new Comcast tower, which owns their rival... awkward... --West Philly skyline adds a bunch though, three new towers to Cira South alone --Is it safe to assume the current video wall (background) will not be a part of the new set? --Will it become part of their public affairs programming sets? --New graphics? --Weather has been updated a few times over the years since the current overall look debuted, and seemed to match the flat look of other ABC O&O -- at least header elements --Other parts of the maps seem dated, display wise, compared to 3/10 --At the very least can they make the time & temp font the same? --Then again, when has 6 ever match the other ABC O&Os? --Will the (IMO) down-market-looking Action News Sports Center be replaced? (it made an appearance at least during the 'PHL 10 PM tonight (5/20)) --Will Action News Blue still be the overwhelming primary color? (That was my vote for the new Crayola color, but no one asked me) Also, isn't it a bit odd they decided to do this in the middle of a sweeps month? I know it is 'PVI -- they do what they want when they want... I was sort-of expecting something new during the NFL draft. Honestly, while I agree with HulkieD that no local set is great/trendsetting* I actually thought this one aged fairly well -- well, at least in the Action News Universe. *Trendsetting: If memory serves, but I never personally validated, the Big Board/Perceptive Pixel was a fist among local affiliates... So here is yet another question... what would be the new toy to add first (even if only this market)...